BREAKING: Again Female Bomber Blasts Maiduguri Market, Dozens Killed
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From Mustapha Abdul Salaam – Another fatal eruption has occurred in a poultry market in Maiduguri metropolis, the Borno State capital, North Eastern Nigeria, with scores dead and several injured.
The State command police spokesperson, Gideon Jibrin, has confirmed the blast, which occurred around 12 noon and informed the security operatives were in control of the situation.
Like the recent suicide bombings, the Saturday explosion sources around the vicinity, indicated that it was carried out by a young female suicide bomber. The blast took place after she successfully made her way into the market.
The bomber’s body AFRICAN EXAMINER gathered was seriously shattered and damaged due to veracity of the explosion.
Members of the community vigilante group – the Civilian JTF told our Correspondent that the number of the dead at the blast has been estimated at 20 for now. Similarly, no fewer than 18 people were seriously injured.
The group has since joined the security and Police in the rescue operations.
The suspected Boko Haram members attacked the same market last year December. Six people including two female suicide bombers were killed in the blast.
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